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Back to School

By

Allen St. John Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 23, 2005 11:59 p.m. ET

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It used to be that most football coaches longed to abandon the world of pep rallies and homecoming games for the greater glory of the NFL. But in recent years, it has increasingly been the other way around. Pro coaches have been returning to campus in droves.

This trend has been partly sparked by the success of University of Southern California head coach Pete Carroll. He had a...